| Scrap the Japs | |
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| Directed by | Seymour Kneitel Animation Director: Tom Johnson (uncredited) |
| Story by | Carl Meyer |
| Produced by | Dan Gordon Seymour Kneitel I. Sparber Sam Buchwald (assistant, all uncredited) |
| Starring | Jack Mercer (uncredited) |
| Music by | Sammy Timberg Winston Sharples (both uncredited) |
| Animation by | Tom Johnson Ben Solomon Uncredited Animation: George Germanetti Frank Endres |
| Color process | Black and White |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 6:10 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Scrap the Japs is a 1942 American anti-Japanese cartoon with the popular character Popeye as protagonist. It follows his adventures after being sent for punishment on a ship and running into Japanese sailors.
The film was produced by Famous Studios and released on November 20, 1942 by Paramount Pictures, and focuses on racist stereotypes of the Japanese during the war.[1] These images were based on pre-existing images of the Japanese that the American people had in their minds from previous fears about immigration.[2] Because of the racism, this cartoon, along with some other World War II cartoons is now banned from being broadcast in most countries.[3]
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 123–124. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
- ^ Ngai, Mae M. (2014) Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. p. 37
- ^ Rowan, T. (2012) World War II Goes to the Movies & Television Guide. Lulu.com P 23.